Broccolini w/ anchovy + lemon crumb

Name: Broccolini w/ anchovy + lemon crumb
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 150 g (5½ oz) Turkish bread; 3 bunches broccolini; 125 ml (4 fl oz/½ cup) light olive oil; 25 g (1 oz) anchovy fillets in olive oil, chopped; 2 garlic cloves, peeled; 1 red bird’s eye chilli, seeded and finely chopped; 1 lemon; 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh flat-leaf (Italian) parsley; 50 g (1¾ oz) pecorino or parmesan; 50 g (1¾ oz) pecorino or parmesan

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
35 min

Appears in

Chefs Host Christmas Too

By Darren Purchese

Published 2018

About

This side dish is so delicious it could be a main event on its own! Crispy Turkish bread is the secret, and all of the other ingredients help to pack loads of flavour, too. This goes with anything really, but I have paired it with the Whole baked snapper w/ chilli, lime, lemongrass + coriander.

Ingredients

150 g (5½ oz) Turkish bread
3 bunches broccolini

Asia
Turkey
Fish course
Side dish
Pescatarian
Winter
December
Mediterranean

Method

Tear the bread into bite-sized chunks and leave them to dry out.
Bring a large saucepan of salted water to the boil and blanch the broccolini for 2 minutes. Drain, refresh the broccolini in cold water and then drain again.
Heat half the oil and half the anchovies in a non-stick frying pan over medium heat. Use a microplane to finely grate the garlic c